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词条 Ranelagh
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. Electoral area

  4. Education

  5. Culture

  6. Sport

     Gaelic Football 

  7. Transport

  8. People

  9. See also

  10. References

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Ranelagh ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|n|ə|l|ə}} {{respell|RAN|ə|lə}}, locally pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|n|ə|l|ə}}; {{Irish place name|Raghnallach}}) is a residential area and urban village on the south side of Dublin, Ireland in the postal district of Dublin 6.

History

The district was originally a village just outside Dublin, surrounded by landed estates.

In the early years of the Irish Confederate Wars (1641–1649) the area was the scene of skirmishes culminating in the Battle of Rathmines in August 1649. After the Irish united with the Royalists against the Parliamentarians, an attempt was made to take Dublin. Their army under Ormonde was defeated, many of them killed, and the place where they fell (mainly between Rathmines and Ranelagh) was known for a long time as the Bloody Fields.[1]

In 1785, only two years after the first manned flight, Richard Crosbie successfully flew in a hot air balloon from Ranelagh Gardens to Clontarf.[2] The 225th anniversary of his flight was commemorated with a balloon flight from the same gardens on 23 January 2010 although due to adverse weather the balloon did not take off.[3]

The area was incorporated into the expanding city in the 19th century, after which massive development took place.

The park in London, Ranelagh Gardens, was named after Ranelagh House, home of the Cole family, who took their title (Earls of Ranelagh) from the district in County Dublin.

Geography

The name Ranelagh applies to many geographical features. The stretch of road joining Sandford Road (which begins at the corner of Anna Villa) to Ranelagh Road (which begins at the railway bridge) is known as Ranelagh or Ranelagh Village. The whole surrounding area is also popularly known as Ranelagh, stretching from Charlemont Bridge on the Grand Canal at the northern end of Ranelagh Road down to the junction with Milltown Road at the southern end of Sandford Road, and from Leeson Street to the East towards Rathmines to the West. At the centre of Ranelagh is "Ranelagh Triangle", semi-officially "the Angle", which is the junction of Ranelagh Village and Charleston Road at Field's Terrace. Nearby restaurant "Tribeca" references these geographical features (i.e., Tri-angle Be-low Ca-nal). To the North of the Triangle is the "Hill Area" of Ranelagh, which was the scene of Lee Dunne's novel, "Goodbye to the Hill". Ranelagh contains many fine Victorian streets such as those surrounding Mount Pleasant Square.

The townlands of Ranelagh North and Ranelagh South are in the civil parish of St. Peter's and in the barony of Uppercross. They are bounded on the north by Harcourt Road and Adelaide Road, on the east by Sussex Road and an old irregular boundary from there to Chelmsford Road, on the south by Chelmsford Road, Ranelagh Village, Charleston Road, Oakley Road and Dunville Avenue, and on the west by Beechwood Park, Belgrave Square East, Mountpleasant Avenue Upper, Bessborough Parade, Rathmines Road Lower and Richmond Street South. The area popularly known today as Ranelagh also includes parts of the adjoining townlands of Cullenswood, Sallymount and Milltown.  

Electoral area

Ranelagh is in the Local Electoral Area of Rathgar-Rathmines with effect from May 2014, formerly Pembroke/Rathmines. It is located in the Dáil Constituency of Dublin Bay South with effect from the 2016 General Election, formerly Dublin South-East.

Education

There are several primary and secondary schools in the area.

Scoil Bhríde, founded in 1917, was the first gaelscoil (Irish-language school) in Ireland.[4]

Lios na nÓg, another gaelscoil, is located in Cullenswood House on Oakley Road, where St. Enda's School (Scoil Éanna) was set up by Patrick Pearse in 1908. This was the first school in Ireland where pupils were taught in both Irish and English. St. Enda's school then moved to Rathfarnham in 1912 leaving the school building, Cullenswood House, unoccupied. In 1998, Lios na nÓg moved in and the school went under a major refurbishment over the period 2008-'09.

The Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School, is another primary school established in September 1988, which is located on the main Ranelagh road close to the luas stop. It is on the site of the old St.Columba's national school, which was donated to RMDSA by the Church of Ireland. The school won many awards for the architecture of the building, built late 1990s.

Other primary schools in the area include Sandford National, located close to Gonzaga College.

Secondary schools include Gonzaga College for boys and Sandford Park School.

Culture

Lee Dunne's novel Goodbye to the Hill is set in Ranelagh.

The cover picture of John McGahern's The Pornographer is of Mount Pleasant Square.

In March 2013, Lenny Abrahamson, Irish film and television director, filmed part of his movie "Frank" on Cowper Gardens and Park Drive of Ranelagh.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

Sport

Gaelic Football

Founded in 2003, Ranelagh Gaels first commenced competitive action in 2004. They recently topped the league in Division 9 and now competed in League 8, and grade C in the Dublin county championship. They play their home games in Bushy Park in Terenure, and train in UCD. They have recently started a ladies team, which will compete in the league in 2010. The Ladies won the Dublin Junior E Championship in 2010.[5] The first Championship the club has ever won.

Transport

The Luas Green Line has two stops in the Ranelagh area: Ranelagh/Raghnallach (on Ranelagh Road) and Beechwood (on Dunville Avenue), built on the site of the former Ranelagh railway station on the Harcourt Street railway line (the station opened as Ranelagh & Rathmines on 16 July 1896, was renamed Ranelagh in 1921 and finally closed on 1 January 1959).[6]

The 11 and 18 routes pass through Ranelagh.[7]

The Dublin Metro (Metrolink) was expected to stop alongside Ranelagh's Luas station on its way from Swords to Sandyford,[8] but, as of February 2019, these plans are in question.[9]

People

Notable people associated with Ranelagh include the following:

  • Wilfrid Brambell (1912–85), film and television actor best known for his role in the British television series Steptoe and Son was raised on Edenvale Road.
  • Maeve Brennan (1917–93), short story writer and long-time journalist with The New Yorker magazine, was born and raised in Ranelagh; she set the majority of her fiction in a terraced house based on her home at 48 Cherryfield Avenue.[10]
  • Robert Briscoe (1894-1969), former Lord Mayor of Dublin and TD was born on Lower Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh.
  • Helen Dillon (1940- ), one of Ireland's most famous gardeners, who lived on Sandford Road from 1972 to 2016, operating one of the country's most visited gardens
  • Ken Doherty (1969- ), Former World snooker champion, is from the area and used to practice in local snooker club, Jason's (demolished in 2012).
  • Garret FitzGerald (1926-2011), who was Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland twice in the 1980s and Fine Gael Leader 1977-87, lived the last years of his life at Anna Villa in Ranelagh.
  • Eamon Dunphy (1945- ), Irish media personality, broadcaster, author, sports pundit and former professional footballer, lives in Ranelagh.
  • Eleanor Knott (1886-1975), Irish language scholar, was born in 2 Sallymount Terrace Ranelagh, where she lived much of her life.
  • Seosamh Laoide (1865-1939), Irish language scholar was born 7 Annaville Lower in Ranelagh.
  • Nell McCafferty (1944- ), Northern Irish civil rights campaigner and journalist, has lived in Ranelagh for many years.
  • Seán MacEntee (1889-1984), IRA leader, Fianna Fáil politician and government minister lived in Marlborough Road
  • Máire Mhac an tSaoi (1922-), noted Irish language poet and scholar, lived in Marlborough Road.
  • Michael McDowell (1951- ), Senator, Former Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Leader of the Progressive Democrats, lives in Ranelagh off the triangle.
  • Eamon Morrissey (1943- ), actor, grew up in Ranelagh, coincidentally in the same house as Maeve Brennan, 48 Cherryfield Avenue, and has written and performed a play about the property, "Maeve's House".[11]
  • Michael Mulcahy (1960- ), Former Fianna Fáil TD, lives in the Beechwood area of Ranelagh.
  • John Mulholland (1962- ), editor of the UK newspaper The Observer, grew up in Ranelagh.
  • Deirdre O'Connor (1951-1999), architect, first female president of the Architectural Association of Ireland, born in Ranelagh.
  • Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986), Irish republican and socialist revolutionary, lived in 39 Marlborough Road for many years.
  • Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015), Hollywood actress, grew up at 32 Upper Beechwood Avenue.[12]
  • Brendan O'Reilly (1929-2001), Olympian, RTÉ commentatator, journalist, singer, songwriter, actor, author, lived in Ranelagh for many years until his death.
  • Pádraig Pearse (1879-1916) lived in Ranelagh until he moved his school to RathfarnhamEamon Ryan (1963- ), Leader of the Green Party, lived in the Ashfield Road area for a time.
  • Mary Robinson (1944- ), Former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner was a resident of the area on Sandford Rd.
  • Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), noted Irish artist and brother of WB Yeats, lived in 61 Marlborough Road, Ranelagh.
  • Simone Rocha (1986-), the Irish fashion designer's family home is in Ranelagh.

See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^F. Elrington Ball: A History of the County Dublin. 1903. Part II. page 103 et passim
2. ^{{cite web | author=Rice, Eoghan | url=http://www.tribune.ie/2006/12/17/80332.html | title=First Irishman to take to the skies to be honoured | date=2006-12-17 | accessdate=2007-04-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071122211946/http://www.tribune.ie/2006/12/17/80332.html |archivedate = 2007-11-22}}
3. ^Ranelagh Arts Festival {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727201012/http://blog.ranelagharts.org/?p=259 |date=2011-07-27 }}
4. ^Scoil Bhríde
5. ^Well Whooley God! (Sep 9, 2010) Ranelagh Gaels 2-9 Scoil Ui Chonaill 2-7
6. ^{{cite web | title=Rathmines and Ranelagh station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-11-23}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Timetables/?searchtype=stage_place&searchquery=Ranelagh|title=Timetables - Dublin Bus - Ranelagh|last=|first=|date=|website=www.dublinbus.ie|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-08-29}}
8. ^https://static.rasset.ie/documents/news/2018/03/metrolink-nta-tii-public-consultation-document.pdf
9. ^https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/southside-section-of-metrolink-set-to-be-abandoned-906075.html
10. ^http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-springs-of-affection-by-maeve-brennan-review-irresistible-stories-1.2671940
11. ^https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/maeves-house1/
12. ^http://ranelaghrooms.com/maureen-ohara-room/
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